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Originally Posted by coolove
Women of scifi rock. Give me any other genre where women are kicking some serious ass?
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An increasing number of genres actually. Heck, one of the most superbly ass-kicking female characters ever on TV was Nikita of La Femme Nikita. And that's a spy show, not sf.
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Originally Posted by TheMovieGrrl
Where would the Star Trek TNG be without Councellor Troy?
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A lot better? TNG was hardly a mine of good female characters -one of its greatest weaknesses. But there were great female characters on some of the other Trek shows, like Kira Nerys and Jadzia Dax (Ds9) and Hoshi Sato (Enterprise).
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Originally Posted by TheMovieGrrl
I have to say, hands down, I have yet to see on a network television show (minus-cable) where a woman kicks a** as well as Jessica Alba's character Max on Dark Angel.
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Can't say I agree. I like Alba and I like Max and I like the show, but I don't think Alba really makes Max convincing as a super-warrior type. Super-thief type, yeah definitely, but not the super-soldier thing.
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Originally Posted by Cryostar
Let us not forget the wonderful women such as Aeryn and Chiana. Well worth the mention...
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Aeryn anyway. Always had mixed feelings about Chiana. Kinda figure she does too, actually. Interesting character, anyway.
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Originally Posted by TheCheshireKitten
Scully (X-Files)- Intelligent, loyal, determined...how far would Mulder have gotten without her by his side?
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I've always preferred Monica Reyes. Both stronger and more human than Scully. Gish is a very good actress and I think Reyes deserves more appreciation. I wish she'd been teamed with Mulder back in 93 and from then on, instead of Scully.
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Originally Posted by j-pop G&Jo
What I love about sci-fi women is that they are so smart. All of the sci-fi shows that I have ever watched have had powerful, intelligent women.[/b]
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I only wish I could agree. My feeling is that tv and cinema (of all genres) still has trouble portraying female characters properly and that there are a lot less good female characters than there should be. Bad female characterization really p1sses me off.
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Originally Posted by j-pop G&Jo
Carter (Stargate SG-1)
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Uh... coughnocommentcough.
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Originally Posted by j-pop G&Jo
Jadzia Dax (DS9)
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She was so very alive. Wish they hadn't replaced her with Ezri. DeBoer's a good actress but she just didn't bring to the role the life Farrell did.
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Originally Posted by Cryostar
Pretend we don't Cas...who are they :devil:
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Are you really not aware who they are or are you just trying to provoke a Willow-Buffy gush? Buffy is of course thoroughly cool. As for Willow, I'll politely refrain from commenting.
Hmmm... some other female characters of note....
Nyssa (Leonor Varela's Blade 2 character), Jill Valentine and Alice (Resident Evil movies), Liz Parker (Roswell), Buffy and Dawn and Tara and Drusilla (BTVS -already mentioned Buffy before actually, but she deserves double mention), Kate Lockley (Elizabeth Rohm's character on Angel), Alia Atriedes (Children of Dune mini-series), Prue Halliwell (the only good thing about Charmed -I don't care what Shannon Doherty acts like offscreen, she's a good actress), Selene (Underworld), Georgia Lass (Dead Like Me), Jaye Tyler (Wonderfalls), Susan Ivanova and Delenn (Babylon 5), Dureena Nafeel (from Crusade, even if the show sucked megatons) and Kara Starbuck Thrace (from the new Battlestar Galactica -Katee Sackhoff does a great job despite the show lacking something).